Machine for packing matches.



J.G.D0NNBLLY. MACHINE Foa PACKLNG MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNR13.191L I 1,122,580, Patented Deo. 29, 1914,

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' MACHINE PCR PACKING MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13,1914.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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JOSEPH C. DONNELLY, OF BABBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 'TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR PACKING MATCHES.

' peeicationlof Lettera Patent.

' Patented Dec. 29, 19ML @riginal application tiled Qcteher 2.8, 1912, Serial No. 727,282, Divided and this application led June 13,l

' i914. serial No. 844,851.

TQ aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. DONNELLY,

a citizen of the United States, and resident.

' Packing Matches, of which the following is a specification. i

In accordance with an oiiicial requirenient, the invention forming the sub]ect of the present case is divided out of mv pend-I ing application, Serial No. 727,282, tiled Oc;

. ruary 6, 1912,.

This invention relates to machines for packing matches., with particular reference to the machine set out in Letters Patent'of the United States No. 1,016,436, dated Feb.- ruary 6, 1912.

'I he invention concerns devices ofsimple and eflicient construction and operatiori for the purpose of positioning within the lled boi: trays any matcheswhose ends. may he projecting over the sides of the trays.

The invention also comprises straighten.- ing and leveling means co-acting with the end positioning devices to effect the compact and orderly arrangement of the matches within the box trays, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.,

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of the trayjconveyer' and adjunots of a match packing' machine embodying my invention, only so much of the machine being shown as is necessary to illustrate the invention. Fig, 2 is a sec.-

'tional perspective View yof the match positioning devices in closed or acting position and the tray litters as provided with boX trays and elevated. Adjacent portions of the filler trough, main bed plate and trayconveyer are shown. Fig. 3 is a rear View of the positioning devices and their actuating parts, said devices being also shown in closed or acting position. Fig.' 4 is a diagram illustrating by lfull lines the positioning blades as in open position, and the filled bex-tray as in down Position preparatory te its bains .raised im@ the path ef the seid blades; and illustrating by the dotted lines the box-tray as raised and its projecting matches as engaged and positioned by sai` blades. through thevtray-lifters and the filled tray thereon,` showing the vibratory blade for bearing'upon and distributing and straightening the matches within the tray.

l designates a part of the bed or table upon which the .tray-conveyer 2 is snpported and guided. This conveyor coinprises an endless chain of links 3 rovided on their under sides with gear teet 4; with which mesh the teeth of the actuating gear Wheels, of which one is indicated at 5an'd on their upper sides with holders 6 for the box-trays 7,

8 designatesa portion of the filler trough through which the matches are directed to a suitably-disposed discharge station above the path of the trays in the conveyer, which trough is rapidly vibrated in a manner to assist. the passage of the matches ltherealong.

9 s esignates a Bair of Verticallylreciprocative channeled rackets adjacent the discharge station of the filler trough. These brac iets are designed directly to receive and engage the ends of trays positioned therebetween by the conveyer, and to raise and lower such trays independently of their holders relatively to such discharge station. The brackets are supportedby a rising and Fig. 5 is a .transverse sectionl falling yoke frame 10 under the control ot an appropriate cam on a driven shaft of the machine,

In the patented structure the devices for positioning within the filled trays any matches Whose ends may be projectino' bef yond the sides of the trays after they cave the discharge station, include a pair of yielding diverging plates or blades between which the upper portion of a filled match tray is entered when it is raised by the chanf neled brackets as above-mentioned. which bladesrtgether with an intermediate de.- Psndas match Settling plate, which beurs transversely. lires the matches within the Silme.

tray, are supported by a bracket secured to, and partaking of the longitudinal reciproeations of, the hopper.

In the present construction the blades are mounted independently of the hopper, and are arranged to swing toward and from the sides of the box tray in a manner to exert a direct endwise thrust upon match ends projecting laterally of the tray. rlhese blades, indicated at 16, are secured at their upper ends to parallel rock-shafts 17 which are journaled in bearings 18 in a bracket frame 19 rising from the bed, said shafts being appropriately spaced t'o permit the requisite oscillation of the blades in respect to the filled box-tray raised between the The outer ends of the rock-shafts have secured thereto a pair of inwardly extending lever arms 20, the inner ends of which overlap and are pivotally jointed, as by a pin and slot connection 21, with a vertically-movable rod Q2 mounted in perforated lugs on the bracket frame, the` construction of the parts being such that the rod and its adjuncts tend normally to swing the blades 16 outward or away from each other, and that when the rod is raised the blades are caused to swing toward each other. The rod is provided with a toe 23 which extends into the path of one of the limbs of the vertically movable yoke frame 10 above referred to, This frame in its upward movement effects-the elevation of the lifterbrackets 9 and the filled match trays engaged thereby, one of the trays being raised toward the discharge station of the filler trough, and the other ,between the inner depending sides of the blades 16. As the yoke frame approaches the limit of its upward movement these blades extend laterally of and below the top of the tray, and the frame, impinging against the opposing toeQ, effects the inward swinging of the blades, which thereupon bear directly against the ends of the matches -projecting over the edges of the tray and push them into the trav. Upan the descent of the yoke frame the filled tray is deposited in its holder on the conveyer, and the blades and their connections resume their normal position by gravity ready for a repetition of their operation upon the endwise projecting matches of a succeeding tray.

Arranged midway between the blades is a match straightening plate Q4 which is secured t0 a bracket Q5 on the vibratory trough so as to partake of the action of the latter. The lower edge of this plate is serrated, and is so disposed that when the filled tray i's raised between the swinging blades 16, such serrated edge bears upon the top of the matches and by its reciprocations thereon serves to distribute and compact them uniformly within the tray, substantially as described in the Patent No. 1,016,436 aforesaid.

l claimi 1. ln"f"a.fmachine for packing matches, the combination' with means for feeding match receptacles, of a pair of blades laterally movable relatively to each other, a support therefor', means for raising and lowering the receptacles in a path between the blades, and devices actuated by the last-named means for moving the said blades toward and from the sides of the receptacles presented therebetween.

2. ln a machine for packing matches, the combination with means for feeding match receptacles, of a pair of normally-open blades laterally movable relatively to each other, a support therefor, a connection between said blades, and means for raising and lowering the receptacles in a-path between the blades, said last-named means in its upward stroke actuating said connection .to move the blades toward the sides of the receptacles presented therebetween. i

3. ln a machine for packing matches, the combination with means for feeding match receptacles, of a pair of blades laterally movable relatively to each other., a support for said blades, means for raising and lowering the receptacles in a path between the blades, devices actuated by the last-named means` for moving the said blades toward and from the sides of the receptacles presented therebetween, and a member lc-ated between said blades adapted to bear upon the contents of said receptacles.

4. In a'machine for packing matches, the combination with' means for feeding match receptacles, of a pair of blades, laterally movable relatively to each other, a stationary support therefor, a vertically-disposed plate between the said blades, means for raising and lowering the receptacles in a path between the blades and beneath the plate, means whereby the said blades are moved toward and from the sides of the receptacles presented therebetween, and means whereby the said plate is horizontally jarred.

5. In a machine for packing matches, the combination with means for feeding match receptacles, of a supporting element', a pair of blades mounted to oscillate on said element, means for raising and lowering the receptacles in a path between the blades. and devices actuated by the last-named means for causing the said blades to swing toward and from the sides of the receptacle presenttherebetween.

6. ln a machinefor packing matches, the combination with means for feeding match receptacles, of a supporting element, a pair of blades mounted to oscillate on said element, means for raising and lowering the c receptacles in a path between the blades, de-l Signed at Barberton in the county of Summit and State of Ohio this 10th any of June A. D. 1914.

JOSEPH C. DONNELLY.

Witnessesr V. A. JOHNSTON, A. C. DUNMEAD, 

